Day 10 of our 25 presidential elections in 25 days.
Voters headed to the polls on Tuesday, November 2, 1948 to elect a president. The nominees that year were: Thomas Dewey (Republican), Harry S. Truman (Democrat) and Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic Party). When the votes were all counted, Mr. Truman would receive 24,179,347 votes and 303 votes in the Electoral College, Mr. Dewey would receive 21,991,292 votes and 189 votes in the Electoral College and Mr. Thrumond would receive 1,175,930 votes and 39 votes in the Electoral College.
Here are the election results for Lackawanna County:
Thomas Dewey — 46,283
Harry S. Truman — 64,495
*Strom Thurmond was not on the ballot in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 2, 1948
Nov. 3, 1948
President Truman paid many visits to Scranton over the years, one of the visits took place on October 23, 1948. He spoke to large crowd on Courthouse Square.
Thousands of area residents rose early to assemble on Courthouse Square in Scranton to hear President Harry Truman speak. Times-Tribune Archives October 23, 1948
President Harry Truman,seated, shakes hands with Gino Merli of Peckville, a medal of honor recipient. At left is Attorney Jerome P. Casey, Lackawanna County Controller and chairman of the local presidential reception committee. Times-Tribune Archives October 23, 1948
To see more images of presidential visits to Northeastern Pennsylvania, visithttp://bit.ly/WAPptL.
To learn more about President Truman you can visit his presidential library and museum located in Independence, Mo. You can friend the library on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TrumanPresidentialLibrary) and listen to speeches given by President Truman on the library’s podcast page, http://www.trumanlibrary.org/audio/podcasts.php?sortby=posted&o=a.
Tomorrow, The Election of 1952.
Yesterday, The Election of 1944.
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Remember to vote,
Brian
